WDJT photographer resigns after 'appalling' safety concerns ignored

According to the TV industry site MediaBistro.com, a photographer for WDJT-TV (Channel 58) quit after covering an anti-violence rally on the north side of Milwaukee, because the station did not take his safety seriously. »Read Full Blog Post

While we strive for a lively and vigorous debate of the issues, we do not tolerate name calling, foul language or other inappropriate behavior. Please see our discussion guidelines and terms of use for more information.

While we do our best to moderate comments, we do not screen comments before they are posted. If you see a comment that violates our guidelines, please use the "Report Abuse" link to notify us of the issue.

What do you mean? Chief Flynn and Mayor Barrett assure us that it's safe to go anywhere, so it must be. As for the Kabul or Beirut statement, I don't know if you've been there or not. I've been to Kabul, so I know just how ignorant the statement is. The whole story is about a guy who didn't like his job, so he quit. Why is that newsworthy, and why bring these tangengential issues into it, from the commenters?

A lot of people here blow this safety issues in the hood way out of proportion. First, safety begins with you, how you carried yourself, if you feeling paranoid and lack of confidence and act like a victim. You might become a victim.

the perpetrator is always the one to blame, however there are things you can do to reduce your chance to become a victim. in any crime the victim is never the one to blame, we have to do everything we can to reduce our chance to become a victim, that begin with how you carried yourself.

And this right here is why many of us suburbanites rarely venture into the city. I shouldn’t have to do anything to reduce my chances of being a victim of a crime. In a civilized society, anybody should be able to walk anywhere without worrying about becoming a victim of a crime.

LMAO, by no mean do i live in the "hood", but people shouldn't live in a bubble. If i have no reason to go to the high crime area then i wouldn't go, but i am not afraid of going there. Unfortunately not everyone have the same privileges as you to live in the suburb. I am not condone any of the criminals action.

Wow daichead, what dome do you live under? Better yet, how about an address so I can come find all the goodies in your yard and unlocked house? After all, you don't have to "protect" any of it.

Political correctness says we cannot blame the victim, but the victim's actions are what attracts the criminal. Ipso facto, it is the victim's fault. It is like a soda can to a wasp. And you will get stung. You don't flash money, you pay attention to your surroundings, don't be distracted by phones and texting. Avoid attention. I've travel the world and never been robbed even though I've been to places where you hear it happens all the time.

What kind of attempt robbery was there around a crowd of anti-violence people? Something seems weird here. It was an attempt armed robbery but this guy had the ability to walk away unharmed, with everything? Are we sure this wasn't stupid young people that said I'm gonna kill you and take your camera...a very large TV camera with logos on it that would be really hard to do anything with since it isn't technology they'd have at home to make their rap video with? I don't buy it, maybe that is why management did nothing.